List of Emirati records in swimming

Last updated February 24, 2024

The UAE Records in swimming are the fastest times ever swum by a swimmer from the United Arab Emirates. These records are kept by the UAE Swimming Federation.

Long course (50m)

Men


Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	23.22		Ayoub Salem Mallala	Al Wahda	November 2007
100m freestyle	51.12		Yousuf Al-Matrooshi	United Arab Emirates	20 May 2022	GCC Games	Kuwait City, Kuwait	^[3]
200m freestyle	1:58.08		Obaid Al-Jasmi	Al Wahda	2009
400m freestyle	4:18.26		Obaid Al-Jasmi	Al Wahda	April 2009
800m freestyle	9:04.59		Obaid Al-Jasmi	Al Wahda	April 2009
1500m freestyle	17:10.36		Majid Al-Hammadi	Al Wahda	November 2009

50m backstroke	26.83		Yaaqoub Al-Saadi	United Arab Emirates	5 April 2016	3rd Arab Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	^[4]
100m backstroke	59.33		Yaaqoub Al-Saadi	United Arab Emirates	7 April 2016	3rd Arab Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	^[5]
200m backstroke	2:14.03		Yaaqoub Al-Saadi	United Arab Emirates	4 April 2016	3rd Arab Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	^[6]

50m breaststroke	28.79		Mubarak Al-Besher	United Arab Emirates	26 April 2014	Dubai International Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	^[7]
100m breaststroke	1:04.17		Mubarak Salem	United Arab Emirates	28 October 2013	GCC Championships	Muscat, Oman
200m breaststroke	2:26.28		Mubarak Al-Besher	Al Wasl	21 October 2011	GCC Games	Isa Town, Bahrain	^[8]

50m butterfly	25.47		Mohammed Al-Ghaferi	Al Ain	25 November 2011	UAE President Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	^[9]
100m butterfly	56.52		Salem Ghalib	United Arab Emirates	6 July 2023	Pan Arab Games	Oran, Algeria	^[10]
200m butterfly	2:06.97		Salem Ghalib	United Arab Emirates	17 May 2022	GCC Games	Kuwait City, Kuwait	^[11]

200m individual medley	2:11.32		Salem Ghalib	United Arab Emirates	19 May 2022	GCC Games	Kuwait City, Kuwait	^[12]
400m individual medley	4:50.45		Obaid Al-Jasmi	Al Wahda	2010

4×100m freestyle relay	3:34.57			United Arab Emirates	2004
4×200m freestyle relay	8:07.89	h	Mohammed Al-Ghaferi (2:00.57) Ali Al-Kaabi (2:02.70) Mubarak Al-Besher (2:04.63) Obaid Al-Jasmi (1:59.99)	United Arab Emirates	31 July 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy	^[13]
4×100m medley relay	3:57.49		Mohammed Al-Ghaferi (59.87) Mubarak Al-Besher (1:05.47) Obaid Al-Jasmi (56.89) Ahmed Al-Jahouri (55.26)	United Arab Emirates	20 October 2011	GCC Games	Isa Town, Bahrain	^[14]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by UAE Swimming Federation;WR – World record;AS – Asian record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

Women


Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50 m freestyle	30.66	h	Mahra Alshehhi	United Arab Emirates	28 September 2023	Asian Games	Hangzhou, China	^[15]
100 m freestyle	1:05.77	h	Mahra Alshehhi	United Arab Emirates	26 September 2023	Asian Games	Hangzhou, China	^[16]
200 m freestyle	2:17.90	h	Sara Akasha	United Arab Emirates	13 February 2024	World Championships	Doha, Qatar
400 m freestyle	4:55.46	h	Mahra Alshehhi	United Arab Emirates	26 September 2023	Asian Games	Hangzhou, China	^[17]
800 m freestyle
1500 m freestyle
50 m backstroke	31.67		Judy Mohtadi	High Performance Swimming Club	2 April 2015	12th Arab Age Group Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	^[18]
100 m backstroke	1:35.83	h	Nada Al-Bedwawi	United Arab Emirates	3 August 2015	World Championships	Kazan, Russia	^[19]
200 m backstroke
50 m breaststroke
100 m breaststroke
200 m breaststroke
50 m butterfly	32.05	†	Mira Al-Shehhi	United Arab Emirates	15 August 2022	Islamic Solidarity Games	Konya, Turkey	^[20]
100 m butterfly	1:10.45	†	Mira Al-Shehhi	United Arab Emirates	15 August 2022	Islamic Solidarity Games	Konya, Turkey	^[21]
200 m butterfly	2:38.48		Mira Al-Shehhi	United Arab Emirates	15 August 2022	Islamic Solidarity Games	Konya, Turkey	^[22]
200 m individual medley
400 m individual medley
4×100 m freestyle relay
4×200 m freestyle relay
4×100 m medley relay

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by UAE Swimming Federation;WR – World record;AS – Asian record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

Short course (25m)

Men


Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	23.04	h	Khaled Aldabous	United Arab Emirates	5 October 2016	World Cup	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	^[23]
100m freestyle	49.11		Yousuf Al-Matrooshi	United Arab Emirates	27 October 2021	Arab Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
200m freestyle	1:57.74	rh	Obaid Al Jasmi	UAE	December 16, 2010	Short Course Worlds	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	^[24]
400m freestyle	4:12.33		Obaid Al Jasmi	UAE	November 2010	President's Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
800m freestyle	8:59.13		Majid Mohamed Al Hammadi	UAE	February 2009	GCC Championships	Doha, Qatar
1500m freestyle	17:20.43		Majid Mohamed Al Hammadi	UAE	February 2009	GCC Championships	Doha, Qatar

50m backstroke	26.33	h	Mohammed Al Ghaferi	UAE	17 December 2010	Short Course Worlds	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	^[25]
100m backstroke	58.04	rh	Mohammed Al Ghaferi	UAE	19 December 2010	Short Course Worlds	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	^[26]
200m backstroke	2:08.86	h	Yaaqoub Alsaadi	UAE	7 December 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	^[27]

50m breaststroke	28.37		Mubarak Al-Besher	UAE	4 February 2015	GCC Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
100m breaststroke	1:01.66		Mubarak Al-Besher	UAE	5 February 2015	GCC Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
200m breaststroke	2:22.33	h	Mubarak Al Besher	UAE	December 17, 2010	Short Course Worlds	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	^[28]

50m butterfly	24.72	h, †	Yousuf Al-Matrooshi	United Arab Emirates	17 December 2021	World Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	^[29]
100m butterfly	53.53		Yousuf Al-Matrooshi	United Arab Emirates	24 October 2021	Arab Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
200m butterfly	2:03.91		Yousuf Al-Matrooshi	United Arab Emirates	26 October 2021	Arab Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

100m individual medley	57.11		Obaid Ahmed Al-Gesma	UAE	6 March 2011	GCC Championships	Qatar
200m individual medley	2:05.70		Obaid Ahmed Al-Gesma	UAE	20 February 2009	GCC Championships	Doha, Qatar
400m individual medley	4:36.89	h	Obaid Al Jasmi	UAE	December 16, 2010	Short Course Worlds	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	^[30]

4x50m freestyle relay	1:36.48	h	Ali Saeed Alkaabi (25.05) Obaid Ahmed Aljasmi Mubarak Al Besher Mohamed Jasim Shafee	UAE	2 July 2013	Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games	Incheon, South Korea	^[31]
4x100m freestyle relay	3:31.19			UAE	February 2008	GCC Championships
4x200m freestyle relay	8:03.02	h	Obaid Al Jasmi (1:57.74) Mubarak Al Besher (2:01.00) Ali Al Kaabi (2:00.70) Faisal Al Jasmi (2:03.58)	UAE	December 16, 2010	Short Course Worlds	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	^[24]
4x50m medley relay	1:46.11	h	Ali Saeed Al-Kaabi (27.69) Mubarak Al-Besher ObaidAhmed Al-Jasmi Mohamed Jasim Shafee	UAE	30 June 2013	Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games	Incheon, South Korea	^[32]
4x100m medley relay	3:51.83	h	Mohammed Al Ghaferi (58.04) Mubarak Al Besher (1:03.56) Bakheet Al Jasmi (57.98) Obaid Al Jasmi (52.25)	UAE	December 19, 2010	Short Course Worlds	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	^[26]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by UAE Swimming Federation;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

References

↑ (lcm) (in Arabic) National Records 50m ^{[ permanent dead link ]} from the website of the UAE Swimming Federation. Retrieved 2012-03-26.
↑ (scm) (in Arabic) National Records 25m Archived 2011-04-09 at the Wayback Machine from the website of the UAE Swimming Federation. Approved in 2010; retrieved 2012-03-26.
↑ "Team Qatar athletes shine at GCC Games". olympic.qa. 20 May 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
↑ "3rd Arab Swimming Championships 2016 Day 2 Results" (PDF). microplustiming.com. 5 April 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
↑ "Men's 100m Backstroke Results" (PDF). microplustiming.com. 7 April 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
↑ "3rd Arab Swimming Championships 2016 Day 1 Results" (PDF). microplustiming.com. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
↑ Reem Abulleil (26 April 2014). "UAE's Saadi makes splash with historic B-standard time". www.sport360.com. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
↑ (lcm) Men's 200 Breast results - final ^{[ permanent dead link ]} from the 2011 GCC Games. Published 2011-10-21, retrieved 2012-03-26.
↑ (lcm) November 25+26, 2011 President Cup results ^{[ permanent dead link ]}. Published by the UAE Swimming Federation, 2011-11, retrieved 2012-03-26.
↑ "Women's 100m Freestyle Final Results" (PDF). arabgames2023.dz. 6 July 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
↑ "Team Qatar athletes keep up their winning streak in GCC Games". olympic.qa. 17 May 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
↑ "Al-Obaidly wins gold as Qatari swimmers impress again". gulf-times.com. 19 May 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
↑ (lcm) Men's 4x200 Free Relay results - prelims Archived 2009-08-06 at the Wayback Machine from the 2009 World Championships. Published by Omega Timing on 2009-07-31, retrieved 2012-03-26.
↑ (lcm) Men's 4x100 Medley Relay results ^{[ permanent dead link ]} from the 2011 GCC Games. Published 2011-10-20, retrieved 2012-03-26.
↑ "Women's 50m Freestyle Heats Results" (PDF). hangzhou2022.cn. 28 September 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
↑ "Women's 100m Freestyle Heat 3 Results" (PDF). hangzhou2022.cn. 26 September 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
↑ "Women's 400m Freestyle Heat 1 Results" (PDF). hangzhou2022.cn. 26 September 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
↑ "12th Arab Swimming Age Group Championships Results". dnan-sportslife.com. 2 April 2015. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
↑ "Women's 100m Backstroke Heats Results". Omega Timing. 3 August 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Women's 200m Butterfly Results" (PDF). canli.tyf.gov.tr. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
↑ "Women's 200m Butterfly Results" (PDF). canli.tyf.gov.tr. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
↑ "Women's 200m Butterfly Results" (PDF). canli.tyf.gov.tr. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
↑ "Men's 50m Freestyle Heats Results". Omega Timing. 5 October 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
1 2 (scm) Men's 4x200 Free Relay results - prelims ^{[ permanent dead link ]} from the 2010 Short Course Worlds. Published by Omega Timing on 2010-12-16, retrieved 2012-03-26.
↑ (scm) Men's 50 Back results - prelims ^{[ permanent dead link ]} from the 2010 Short Course Worlds. Published by Omega Timing on 2010-12-17, retrieved 2010-03-26.
1 2 (scm) Men's 4x100 Medley Relay results - prelims Archived 2011-01-24 at the Wayback Machine from the 2010 Short Course Worlds. Published by Omega Timing on 2010-12-19, retrieved 2012-03-26.
↑ "Men's 200m Backstroke Heats Results". Omega Timing. 7 December 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
↑ (scm) Men's 200 Breaststroke results - prelims Archived 2012-03-16 at the Wayback Machine from he 2010 Short Course Worlds. Published by Omega Timing on 2010-12-17, retrieved 2012-03-26. (Note: In the results, the swimmer's name is listed as "Mubarak Al Besher"; however, another meet has the record swum by "Mubarak Mohamed Salem".
↑ "Men's 100m Butterfly Heats Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 17 December 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
↑ (scm) Men's 400 IM results - prelims from the 2010 Short Course Worlds. Published by Omega Timing on 2010-12-16, retrieved 2012-03-26.
↑ "Men's 4x50m Freestyle Relay Heat 1 Result". www.aimag2013.org. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
↑ "Men's 4x50m Medley Relay Heat 1 Result". www.aimag2013.org. 30 June 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2013.

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[1] (lcm) (in Arabic) National Records 50m ^{[ permanent dead link ]} from the website of the UAE Swimming Federation. Retrieved 2012-03-26.

[2] (scm) (in Arabic) National Records 25m Archived 2011-04-09 at the Wayback Machine from the website of the UAE Swimming Federation. Approved in 2010; retrieved 2012-03-26.

[3] "Team Qatar athletes shine at GCC Games". olympic.qa. 20 May 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.

[4] "3rd Arab Swimming Championships 2016 Day 2 Results" (PDF). microplustiming.com. 5 April 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2016.

[5] "Men's 100m Backstroke Results" (PDF). microplustiming.com. 7 April 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2016.

[6] "3rd Arab Swimming Championships 2016 Day 1 Results" (PDF). microplustiming.com. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2016.

[Reem_Abulleil-7] Reem Abulleil (26 April 2014). "UAE's Saadi makes splash with historic B-standard time". www.sport360.com. Retrieved 2 May 2014.

[8] (lcm) Men's 200 Breast results - final ^{[ permanent dead link ]} from the 2011 GCC Games. Published 2011-10-21, retrieved 2012-03-26.

[Pres11-9] (lcm) November 25+26, 2011 President Cup results ^{[ permanent dead link ]}. Published by the UAE Swimming Federation, 2011-11, retrieved 2012-03-26.

[10] "Women's 100m Freestyle Final Results" (PDF). arabgames2023.dz. 6 July 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.

[11] "Team Qatar athletes keep up their winning streak in GCC Games". olympic.qa. 17 May 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.

[12] "Al-Obaidly wins gold as Qatari swimmers impress again". gulf-times.com. 19 May 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.

[13] (lcm) Men's 4x200 Free Relay results - prelims Archived 2009-08-06 at the Wayback Machine from the 2009 World Championships. Published by Omega Timing on 2009-07-31, retrieved 2012-03-26.

[GCC11-14] (lcm) Men's 4x100 Medley Relay results ^{[ permanent dead link ]} from the 2011 GCC Games. Published 2011-10-20, retrieved 2012-03-26.

[15] "Women's 50m Freestyle Heats Results" (PDF). hangzhou2022.cn. 28 September 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.

[16] "Women's 100m Freestyle Heat 3 Results" (PDF). hangzhou2022.cn. 26 September 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.

[17] "Women's 400m Freestyle Heat 1 Results" (PDF). hangzhou2022.cn. 26 September 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.

[dnan-sportslife.com-18] "12th Arab Swimming Age Group Championships Results". dnan-sportslife.com. 2 April 2015. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2015.

[19] "Women's 100m Backstroke Heats Results". Omega Timing. 3 August 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[20] "Women's 200m Butterfly Results" (PDF). canli.tyf.gov.tr. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.

[21] "Women's 200m Butterfly Results" (PDF). canli.tyf.gov.tr. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.

[22] "Women's 200m Butterfly Results" (PDF). canli.tyf.gov.tr. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.

[23] "Men's 50m Freestyle Heats Results". Omega Timing. 5 October 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.

[SCW10freerel-24] 1 2 (scm) Men's 4x200 Free Relay results - prelims ^{[ permanent dead link ]} from the 2010 Short Course Worlds. Published by Omega Timing on 2010-12-16, retrieved 2012-03-26.

[25] (scm) Men's 50 Back results - prelims ^{[ permanent dead link ]} from the 2010 Short Course Worlds. Published by Omega Timing on 2010-12-17, retrieved 2010-03-26.

[SCW10medrel-26] 1 2 (scm) Men's 4x100 Medley Relay results - prelims Archived 2011-01-24 at the Wayback Machine from the 2010 Short Course Worlds. Published by Omega Timing on 2010-12-19, retrieved 2012-03-26.

[27] "Men's 200m Backstroke Heats Results". Omega Timing. 7 December 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2014.

[28] (scm) Men's 200 Breaststroke results - prelims Archived 2012-03-16 at the Wayback Machine from he 2010 Short Course Worlds. Published by Omega Timing on 2010-12-17, retrieved 2012-03-26. (Note: In the results, the swimmer's name is listed as "Mubarak Al Besher"; however, another meet has the record swum by "Mubarak Mohamed Salem".

[29] "Men's 100m Butterfly Heats Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 17 December 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2021.

[30] (scm) Men's 400 IM results - prelims from the 2010 Short Course Worlds. Published by Omega Timing on 2010-12-16, retrieved 2012-03-26.

[31] "Men's 4x50m Freestyle Relay Heat 1 Result". www.aimag2013.org. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 4 September 2013.

[32] "Men's 4x50m Medley Relay Heat 1 Result". www.aimag2013.org. 30 June 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2013.

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